What is communication?
The mutual exchange of information, ideas, and understanding through verbal or nonverbal means.
What does communication enable humans to express?
Thoughts, feelings, aspirations, doubts, questions, and fears.
What does the sender or encoder do in communication?
They conceptualize the message and choose the most effective transmission form.
How is communication characterized in terms of its nature?
It is dynamic, continuous, irreversible, and contextual with interdependent elements.
Communication definition
Mutual exchange of ideas and understanding.
Elements of communication
Sender, medium, channel, receiver, feedback.
Communication principles
Interpretative, ethical, symbolic, context-dependent.
Verbal language
Uses words, sentences, grammar to convey meaning.
Nonverbal communication
Uses gestures, facial expressions, body language.
Communication flow
Sender → medium → channel → receiver → feedback.
Principle of schemata-driven communication
Starts with pre-existing knowledge in the mind.
Answer 10 questions on Communication Principles and Processes.
1. Which description best defines communication?
2. Why is communication important in human interaction?
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